Board of Directors
Indigenous Advisory Council
Executive
Executive Director — Kyle Fostner
Festival Programming
Director of Programming — Curtis Woloschuk
Programmer & Program Lead — Sonja Baksa
Feature Film Coordinator & Consultant — Natalie Murao
Short Forum Programmer — Casey Wei
Short Film Coordinator & Consultant — Jaewoo Kang
Documentary Programmer — Ruun Nuur
Asian Cinema Programmer — PoChu AuYeung
Portraits Programmer & Festival Director Emeritus — Alan Franey
MODES Programmer — T Bannister
Youth Engagement Programmer — Jessa Alston-O’Connor
Live Curator — Jarrett Martineau
Talks Curator — Kinga Binkowska
Associate Programmers — Cole Forrest, Tristin Greyeyes
Guest Programmers — Matthew Rankin, Deepika Suseelan
Program Coordinator — Jasmin Ghorbani
Programming Consultants
Taylor Bishop
Selwyn Jacob
Fay Nass
Screening Committee (Feature Films)
Tania Alekson
William Banks
Janet Baron
Michelle Bjornson
Anja Block
Sasha Bondartchouk
Alison Cartan
Jennifer Chen
Lauren Crawford
Darren Gay
Jack Godwin
Ali Grant
Ariane Hachem
Liisa Hannus
Annie Rae Huston
Sam Jira
Abigail Markowitz
Ian Merkel
Stephen Morgan
Jonathan Stonehouse
Arash Taheri
Mary Ungerleider
Donna Welstein
Keith Yoshida
Screening Committee (Short Films)
David Avelino
Sarah Bakke
Rhys Edwards
Matthew Forchione
Josh Hamm
Michael Ioannou
Russell Janzen
JaeWoo Kang
Yani Kang
Melanie Kwan
Rai Lai
Sam Mohseni
Evan Morien
Eve O’Dea
Isabelle Rowe-Codner
Alec Shashaty
Lori Strong
Ruby Strong
Nural Sumbultepe
Duygu Unal
Mary Ungerleider
Shan Yam Wai
Joel Warhaft
Qiuli Wu
Nilay Yuce
Artist & Industry Programs
Director of Artist and Industry Programs — Ana Belén Asfura
Artist and Industry Events Manager — Brittney Bilesky
Industry and Labs Coordinator — Rame Ibrahim
Amp and Catalyst Coordinator — Ashley Sugimoto
Amp CFA Coordinator — Gabrielle Rutman
Artist and Industry Outreach Coordinator — Gabrielle Rutman
Amp Curators — Rob Calder, Tony Scudellari
Amp CFA Founder and Program Curator — Miriam Cutler
Catalyst Curator — Mariam Barry
Catalyst Associate Programmer — Ana Belén Asfura
Catalyst Consultant — Laura Arboleda
Labs Curator — Ken Tsui
Industry Program Curator — Ana Belén Asfura
Industry Associate Programmer — Mariam Barry
Technical Producer — EventLAB
Technical Directors — James Ong, Eduardo Ottoni
Sponsorship
Director of Corporate Partnerships — Colin Jarvis
Partnerships Manager — Epiphany Cooper
Government Relations Manager — Marla Penner
Partnerships Coordinator — Maura McDowell
Philanthropy
Director of Philanthropy — Shahriar Pedram
Memberships & Annual Giving Manager — Emma Leck
Philanthropy Intern — Luis Aul
Marketing
Director of Marketing — Lainé Slater
Marketing Manager — Rowan Keith
Digital Communications Manager — Samara Malkin
Email Marketing Coordinator — Shelbie Jarvis
Community Outreach Coordinator — Hannâ Banian
Video Content Creators — Candelario Andrade, Julian La Brooy
Senior Graphic Designer — Steve Chow
Graphic Designers — Lee Abbott, Lillian Pham
Creative Agency
Production Support
PostPro — Randy Egan
PostPro — Kylie Kumar
PostPro — Matthew Hayaashi
PostPro — Mohammad Dastan
PostPro — Don Macdonell
PostPro — Julia Hostetler
Social Media Team
Loose Lips Media — Brittany Tiplady
Loose Lips Media — Angela Vannatter
Loose Lips Media — Genevieve Cheng
Publicity & Digital Marketing
Media Relations & Publicity: Murray Paterson Marketing Group (MPMG)
Bronwyn Henderson
Rona Goodman
Angela Vannatter
Digital Marketing Support: Murray Paterson Marketing Group (MPMG)
Festival Publications
Graphic Designer — Steve Chow
Editor — Patrick Geraghty
Contributing Writers
Mike Archibald
Jessa Alston-O’Connor
Mikaela Asfour
Sonja Baksa
T Bannister
Taylor Bishop
Tom Charity
Cole Forrest
Lawrence Garcia
Josh Hamm
Jaewoo Kang
Ruun Nuur
Matthew Rankin
Deepika Suseelan
Casey Wei
Curtis Woloschuk
Business Office
Director of Finance — Linda Gorrie
Senior Accountant — Jason Kang
Business Administrative Coordinator — Ruthie Tabata
VIFF Centre Operations
VIFF Centre Senior Operations Manager — Sean Wilson
Year-Round Programmer — Tom Charity
VIFF Centre Rental Logistics Manager — J Bradford
VIFF Centre Projection Manager — Ron Lacheur
VIFF Centre Operations Coordinator — Aliya Breen
VIFF Centre Operations Assistant — Jan Fischbach
Junior Information Systems Administrator — Yanan Liu
VIFF Centre Technicians
Jurgen Beerwald
Bruno Benedetto
Ryan Ermacora
Tory Ip
Eirinn McHattie
VIFF Centre Venue Managers
Prudence Baker
Giovana Birck
Zoe BT
Adam Karolewski
Lilah Orkin
Janice Walter
Kelly Zhou
David C Jones
Parv Sachdeva
Jason Deline
James Narvey
VIFF Centre Cashiers
Lora Haber
Savannah Kemp
Joy McDerment
Austin Neaves
James Narvey
Noor ul ain Zaib
VIFF Centre Concession Attendants
Andrew Taillon
Dennis Tokarsky
Jessica Kim
Wendy Louie
HR & Festival Operations
Senior Operations Manager — Brie Koniczek
Venue Operations
Festival Venue Operations Manager — Christina Marie Adams
Festival Venue Operations Assistant Manager — Juan Saa
Venue Supervisors
Zachary Starko
Tamika Tallio
Jenny Tennant
Sunny Tse
Jonathan Stonehouse
Venue Managers
Brittany Ayton
Ola Chorążka
Paul Denis
Rilee German-Martinez
Elizabeth Glancy
Janet Glassford
Michael Gorlick
River Huckleberry Kero
Ellen Kibble
Kinchy
Megan Mitchell
Richard Mudge
Yasuhito Nakasato
Anne Marie Paquin
Alina Quarin
Kai Rajala
Preston Schwartz
Riaan Smit
Rodney Stewart
Zoey Stienstra
Mariela Shouley
Mustafa Syed
Trey Truong
Fabian Uribe
Fernando Vargas
Elise Vout
Eden Zinchik
Rana Zokai
Venue Captains
Maleekah Ar-ahiman
Darren Gay
Annika Rambo
Box Office
Aya Alvarez
Allan Bishop
Isabelle Bottin
Saydie Bubniw
Prudence Kelly-Andrews
Niki Muir
Wade Nott
Yousef Sadat
Sarvin Seif
Lela Turner
Robert Tanikawa
Jasmine Wang
Graham Wong
Ticketing & Customer Service
Ticketing and Customer Service Manager — Abigail Bueno
Festival Ticketing Coordinator — Giovana Birck
Customer Service Coordinator — Aliya Breen
Technical Crew
Jesse August
Jurgen Beerwald
Bruno Benedetto
Francisco Bonilla
Andreas Dracopol
Rich Eiboff
Ryan Ermacora
Tim Fernandes
Marshall Freund
Tory Ip
Jessica Johnson
Dave Jones
Matt Kunau
Ron Lacheur
Ingrid Lae
Benjamin Lavoie
Franklin Leung
James Neves
Ciara O’Donnell
Dave Page
Shana Schiopu
Graeme Scott
Garth Wiens
Colin Williscroft
Sarah Worden
Print Logistics
Print Logistics Manager — Eirinn McHattie
Print Logistics Coordinator — Jana Rankov
Volunteer Program
Volunteer and Community Engagement Manager — Nate Johnson
Festival Volunteer and Accessibility Coordinator — Ruth Ormiston
Guest & Hospitality
Guest and Hospitality Manager — Jenny Lee Craig
Guest Travel Coordinators — Jackie Hoffart, May Yi Then
VIP Host — Kristina Lao
Gala Producer — Taryn Stephenson
Transportation
Transportation Manager — Diva Macdonald
Transportation Dispatcher — Sam Jira
Driver — Steve McNeil